An Architect’s Evening Passion
After spending years as a single cog in the massive redesign of a major international airport, Yuyi Zhou (B.ARCH. ’20) experienced a creative rebirth. It was a small project, and one close to home...
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Scouting’s Merit Badge Master
CS, M.P.A. ’10When Scouting America rolled out a new merit badge for cybersecurity in late 2025, the organization tried hard to stick to its motto: “be prepared.” But the rollout of one of the organization’s first...
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Brains and Opportunity
BME ’13Following his grandmother’s diagnosis with a brain tumor in 2016, Andy Daniel (BME ’13) focused on researching how such a condition could affect brain function. “It became very personal to me. It felt...
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An Artificial Intelligence Foundation Through Mathematics
(Ph.D. MATH ’19)Studying applied mathematics as an Illinois Tech Ph.D. student strengthened Jagadeeswaran Rathinavel’s technical and analytical capabilities, which in turn helped lead him into a career in artificial...
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The Human Side of Business Laws
LAW '08“Human capital is important, right?” says Daniel Canales ’08. “You are your employees.” Canales is a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, where he helps companies navigate a variety of business and...
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Representing the People Who Build Â鶹APP
As a Â鶹APP resident, Joseph V. Healy ’05 sees his fair share of construction-related traffic jams. But as secretary-treasurer of the Â鶹APP Laborers’ District Council, or LiUNA, he likes to think...
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The Human Side of the Deal
LAW '06“I love how weird and complicated humans are,” says Kristen E. Prinz, ’06. At the firm she founded, The Prinz Law Firm, much of her work is focused on executive employment, where she gets to delve...
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The Music of Justice
LAW '18Naomi Frisch ’18 was a young musician, working her first real job as a concert oboist in an orchestra, when her conductor was told to cut costs. “He decided to fire the four oldest people in the back...
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A Healthy Dose of Compliance
(ITM ’12)It’s hard to have more experience with computers than Thomas “TJ” Johnson (ITM ’12). His first job in the field dates back to 1990, when—as an entry-level systems support specialist for South Holland...
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Better, Stronger, Faster Through Games
(Ph.D. THUM ’22)After years of teaching within the Â鶹APP Public Schools system, Alex Damarijan (Ph.D. THUM ’22) had all but abandoned his dream of becoming a game designer. “I gave up on getting a job at a game...